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13-letter words containing b, e, o, t

  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • robbe-grillet — Alain [a-lan] /aˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1922–2008, French writer.
  • robber trench — a trench that originally contained the foundations of a wall, the stones of which have been taken away
  • robert fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
  • rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rotary beater — a culinary utensil or device, as an eggbeater, with one or more sets of rotary blades for beating, whipping, mixing, etc.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
  • scotch bonnet — a small, irregularly shaped, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero and ranging from yellow to red.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • seasonability — fact of being seasonable
  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • secret ballot — a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
  • self-begotten — a past participle of beget.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • sensible note — the major seventh note of any scale
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • snooze button — a button on an alarm clock that, if pressed when the alarm is going off, will suspend its ringing for a brief time before allowing it to go off again
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • solar battery — an array of solar cells, used as a source of electrical power.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
  • south by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW.
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
  • stone bramble — a herbaceous Eurasian rosaceous plant, Rubus saxatilis, of stony places, having white flowers and berry-like scarlet fruits (drupelets)
  • store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • strong breeze — a wind of 25–30 miles per hour (11–13 m/sec).
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subcategorize — to split into subcategories
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
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